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Rock The Bells Makes Hip-Hop History; Supernatural Breaks World Record
On Saturday (August 5) hip-hop fans gathered at San Bernardino’s NOS Events Center for the annual Rock The Bells Festival.
While acts such as Planet Asia, Murs, Self Scientific, Visionaries, and B-Real rocked the main stage, Supernatural attempted to break the World Record for Longest Freestyle Rap.
The Living Legends performed fan favorites like “Night Prowler” and “Dirty Faces,” and were followed by a crowd-pleasing performance by LA’s own Dilated Peoples.
As the sun began to go down, De La Soul took to the stage, and brought along special guests Black Sheep. As if that wasn’t enough, they then asked A Tribe Called Quest to join them on stage, and the crowd roared with excitement. ATCQ performed classics from their catalog like “Buggin’ Out,” “Check The Rhime,” and “World Tour.”
Redman started off with a swanky, brand new track, and then went on to explain how he had gotten so high that morning that he had left all of his luggage in New Jersey. Later, he performed “Pick It Up” off of his Muddy Waters album: “If you see a bag of weed on the floor motherf---er, what you gon’ do,” he asked. “Pick it up, pick it up,” screamed the hyped crowd.
After Redman finished his set, KeyKool of the Visionaries came onstage to announce that Supernatural had in fact broken the World Record, and had freestyled for over nine hours; officially entering him into the “World Book of Guiness Records,” and hip-hop history. Then, the raspy Supernat kicked one more freestyle over Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones.”
Talib Kweli brought along Phil Da Agony and Krondon, who are signed to his Blacksmith imprint, followed by a singing Mos Def.
Next, Wu Tang was scheduled to perform but, to the bewilderment of the crowd, a live band began to warm-up. Questions were answered when surprise guest Lauryn Hill appeared and performed three songs. At the end of her final song, mic still in hand, she grabbed her purse and cell phone, and exited as mysteriously as she had come.
While Wu Tang set up, Redman hustled fans and tried to get them to pay between five and twenty dollars for things like girl’s underwear or Hennessy gift bags; and the Black Eyed Peas’ Will.I.Am showed up in the press pit, prepared to watch the show.
When a large, hand-painted portrait of ODB was brought on stage, his mother, Cherry Jones, looked lovingly at it, and placed her hand on its edge.
Then, one by one, Wu Tang finally took to the stage and the crowd went wild; topping off a day filled with memorable, and historical, moments.
Source: ballerstatus.net
While acts such as Planet Asia, Murs, Self Scientific, Visionaries, and B-Real rocked the main stage, Supernatural attempted to break the World Record for Longest Freestyle Rap.
The Living Legends performed fan favorites like “Night Prowler” and “Dirty Faces,” and were followed by a crowd-pleasing performance by LA’s own Dilated Peoples.
As the sun began to go down, De La Soul took to the stage, and brought along special guests Black Sheep. As if that wasn’t enough, they then asked A Tribe Called Quest to join them on stage, and the crowd roared with excitement. ATCQ performed classics from their catalog like “Buggin’ Out,” “Check The Rhime,” and “World Tour.”
Redman started off with a swanky, brand new track, and then went on to explain how he had gotten so high that morning that he had left all of his luggage in New Jersey. Later, he performed “Pick It Up” off of his Muddy Waters album: “If you see a bag of weed on the floor motherf---er, what you gon’ do,” he asked. “Pick it up, pick it up,” screamed the hyped crowd.
After Redman finished his set, KeyKool of the Visionaries came onstage to announce that Supernatural had in fact broken the World Record, and had freestyled for over nine hours; officially entering him into the “World Book of Guiness Records,” and hip-hop history. Then, the raspy Supernat kicked one more freestyle over Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones.”
Talib Kweli brought along Phil Da Agony and Krondon, who are signed to his Blacksmith imprint, followed by a singing Mos Def.
Next, Wu Tang was scheduled to perform but, to the bewilderment of the crowd, a live band began to warm-up. Questions were answered when surprise guest Lauryn Hill appeared and performed three songs. At the end of her final song, mic still in hand, she grabbed her purse and cell phone, and exited as mysteriously as she had come.
While Wu Tang set up, Redman hustled fans and tried to get them to pay between five and twenty dollars for things like girl’s underwear or Hennessy gift bags; and the Black Eyed Peas’ Will.I.Am showed up in the press pit, prepared to watch the show.
When a large, hand-painted portrait of ODB was brought on stage, his mother, Cherry Jones, looked lovingly at it, and placed her hand on its edge.
Then, one by one, Wu Tang finally took to the stage and the crowd went wild; topping off a day filled with memorable, and historical, moments.
Source: ballerstatus.net